Ooof

There are two things, other than McDonald's, that I am convinced contain crack-cocaine. They are 1)Snapple beverages--made from the best stuff on earth, and 2)Entenmann's Devil's Food Crumb Donuts--named for obvious reasons. I bought the latter yesterday, and I had the distinct feeling, while eating, that I could never get enough--an experience I have heard that is much like that of using the aformentioned stimulant.

I ate half a box by the time I went to bed.

Beyondo and KRUU

Just had the first gig with Beyondo. It was so much freaking fun. It was heaven and hell at the same time. Overwhelming heaven, hell just becasue of the lack of a rug for the drum kit. Here were some thoughts I had:

"Oh, man this is off the hook. This dude is taking a nasty guitar solo and I am rocking. AHHHHHH!!!!! My bass drum is about to not have a pedal. This sucks!!!!!! But it sounds sooo good! Hey Crowell, help me out over here . . ."

Overall wonderful experience. Will be playing at The Creek and The Cave on Halloween Night in Long Island City.

Here is my latest playlist from my show, The Drum Show on KRUU 100.1 FM LP - The Voice of Fairfield, Iowa. Every Sunday night 7 PM Central. That's 5 PM PST and 8 PM EST. Go to kruufm.com and click on Stream.

1. The Promise - When in Rome
2. Airic - Beyondo
3. Your Daughter - Beyondo
4. Gambler - Beyondo
5. Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys
6. Surf Song from Pulp Fiction Soundtrack
7. Surfer Joe - The Surfaris
8. Barely Legal - The Strokes
9. Who Are Parents - The Strokes
10. Konnichiwa - Shonen Knife
11. Jump - Van Halen
12. Land Down Under - Men At Work
13. Don't Eat the Yellow Snow - Frank Zappa
14. Chamile (Git on the Pig) - Jerseyband
15. Dirty Diana - Michael Jackson
16. Beat on the Brat - The Ramones

The Over-Arching Theme: Awesome Popular Culture Music

Steve Reich Marathon at the Whitney

I will be playing at the Steve Reich Marathon at the Whitney Museum of American Art today, Sunday the 15th. It will be webcast at http://www.whitney.org/ from 2pm to 6pm ET as well as 6:20pm to 10:20pm ET.

Catch it if you can!

Brooklyn, NY

I am here in New York City, Brooklyn to be exact, and I am settled in. It is a whole new world, and I love it. New website is almost up, I played with Eric Biondo tonight, that was awesome. Weird, but awesome. My favorite song was entitled Jelly Bean in the Belly Button. Other songs included Working in the Driveway, Crazy Old Cowgirl and Devil Makes Love to Angel. Genius. Will be playing with him again next Monday at the same place: The Lucky Cat in Brooklyn.

Also, check out my radio show on KRUU FM every Sunday at 7 PM Central Time (that's 5PM PST and 8PM bEast Coast). The server name, if you want to find it in iTunes is http://69.18.12.194:8000/

Cheers!

The Move

I am moving to New York City on Wednesday!!!!!! And my website is going to be up very soon, thanks to the fabulous PJ Kelly. Check it out sooooon.
IanaFry.com

Biker Rally!!!

This, boys and girls, is what happens to your face when you are playing a nasty shuffle.

80s Party

All Partied Out


all teased and nowhere to go

What better way to spend a birthday than throwing an 80s rockstar dance party?
It was intensity in 10 cities, Live at Buddhakhan, no joke.

American Genius

Guruji and Me

An interview with the master

More Montreal

I saw a fantastic firework show from the Montreal bridge that cost about $600,000. It was the final show in a month long contest between a bunch of countries. WOW!

The workshop is wonderful. I almost can't how fast you get better when you are playing so much. Go figure!!

Gotta run!!!!

Montreal!

I am here in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is like Europe, but in, like, North America. It is so much fun here. I mainly play tabla all day. 5 hours today, maybe 6 yesterday, but I do have time to eat, which is nice. Payton MacDonald is here and Pandit Sharda Sahai is here. He is soo amazing. Oh, and I'm learning French.

also, check this out. blows the mind

Whoa! It's been a long time!

WHoops! Sorry about that. Life gets crazy and then you don't update the blog.
The last time I talked was when I was pre-surf trip. Since then, I have caught waves on the East coast for the very first time, rode the nose of an 8 foot long-board, graduated with a master's degree, stayed with PJ Kelly's parents in Evanston and began my venture into the REAL world. Whatever that means. I started a photography business and set goals for my life and it feels great. Now, with all the time that at one point was spent in school for the last twenty years of my life, I can do whatever I want. Shaaaaaa! I'm going to a tabla workshop with Pandit Sharda Sahai which happens to take place in Montreal, Canada starting on Monday. I'm not well versed with my Canadian geopgraphy, of which my experience is constrained to British Columbia and Toronto, so it came to my surprise that my trip there would consist an map-quest-guestimation of 1113.84 miles--an 18 hour and 28 minute duration. I like loco and loco likes me.
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The Endless Summer begins

Fairfield Boyscout Troop #108 Commander Thatch!

"You have a phone call. It's 1980s Southern California and it wants its pastel towel and surfboard back."

Yah!


North Carolina surf. I sent this series in to the International Photography Awards.



Stephanie Kelly, Karen and ME at the Botanic Gardens!

End of class celebration

I LOVE these moments on film!!!

Rock solid

I'm off to the southeast coast tommorrow morning. Wish me luck and many pictures coming when I get back. I had an amazing photo shoot this morning out in the countryside. I love photography because you're able to freeze moments of beauty into single frames. Any anxiety of not catching the best moments have melted away into just being able to go with the flow of nature and react perfectly and naturally. It feels the same with music and everything else in life.

Blows my Mind

I am going to the outer banks of North Carolina on SUnday for a 9-day surf trip with boyscouts. Heaven, anyone?
Also, I am graduating in 2 weeks. YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

feelin the flow

Alright! SO I'm listening to Kelly Clarkson a la Matt Blanchard's divine influence and I have a mohawk. Awesome. I did it again and it feels wonderful.

Beauty in Every Way

YES!!!!!

The moment we have all been waiting for.

Arizona!

Classic Graduation


Grand Canyon by full moon

My house

yah!

OK, it's spring hear and I feel like everything has changed--my life, my friends, everything! It's awesome but crazy, but really awesome. I'm sorry for not being up-to-date with this blog thing, but I have been busy like a mother. I have a lot of pics to put up soon, but not now because I'm going to crash right now.
By the way, my pregnant cousin Paige and her husband Grant visited this weekend. We had a great time. There was just so much stuff going on, that we had such a hard time figuring out what to do. Ok, that was a lie. This IS Iowa.

(this is from Thanksgiving 2005-not now)
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